On 6/2/2018 7:44 PM, david wrote:
I am building a foot bridge over a creek. I don't want to try and sink
footers/posts in the creek itself,Â* I am wondering how long a 2x12 can span. I am able to find 26 foot treated 2x12's locally.Â* If I sandwiched two of them
together on each side of a say a 3 foot wide foot bridge would that work?Â* The
ends of the bridge will be treated 6x6 posts (so 4 total).Â* The span between
posts will almost be the full 26 feet.Â* My question is:

1. is this safe?
2. is the perfect?
3. is this overkill?

Thanks
David



Are you the new contractor for the Florida International University pedestrian bridge repair project?

Anyway, maybe try this design:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footbr...blue_sky. jpg